This article examines the early years of the career of Malla Moe
(1863-1953), a Norwegian who served in the Scandinavian Alliance
Mission of North America (SAMNA) and played a key role in the
opening of its field in Swaziland during the 1890s. Thematically,
emphasis is placed on this lay missionary’s decision to join the
SAMNA’s initial band of personnel who were commissioned to
Southern Africa, her itinerant evangelism, her evolving attitudes
towards the Swazi people and early delegation of responsibility to
Swazi colleagues, and the impact of the Second Anglo-Boer War
on her ministry. It is demonstrated that Moe, together with a small
number of Scandinavian and English fellow missionaries (the
majority of whom were women and unordained), responded
creatively to the challenges of a hitherto largely unevangelised field
and developed close ties with the Swazi, Afrikaans and other
people in Swaziland.

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Church History Society of Southern Africa

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Malla Moe

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Nondenominational mission

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Malla Moe and the founding of a nondenominational mission in Swaziland, 1893-1902